Australiachina relations think again with beijing slapping penalties. Australia will challenge the move at the wto. Shery lets get you started on how the markets are trading. U. S. Futures under a little bit of pressure, down 1 10 of 1 of the open. This after u. S. Stocks jumped the most in six weeks during the regular session. It was a risk on trade. Stocks finish at the highest level since early march. The s p 500 saw gains in cyclical stocks that have been battered leg energy, autos, banks. More than 90 of the s p 500 gained ground. More haven stocks did lag. The nasdaq rose 2. 64 . We did get some comments from fed chair Jerome Powell before the hearing tomorrow. The fed prepared to use its full range of tools as the benchmark lending rate reaches zero until the economy is back on track. See how markets are shaping up in asia. Sophie kamaruddin joins us in hong kong. Soph . Sophie the bulls perk up in asia. We have futures pointing largely higher. Nikkei futures fell somewhat but h
Throws its weight behind the World Health Organization and says any vaccine success will be shared by all. President xi says cooperation is vital. It was really this help vaccine help on this vaccine obnoxious safety but also the immune response effort to see vaccine that really de u. S. Stocks higher. We did have the s p gaining more than 3 . U. S. Stocks surging the most in six weeks on the promising early results. That has led to a pretty steady sense of positivity. We are seeing u. S. Futures as well as trading in new zealand. Australian futures among one of the asian features that are trading up by over 2 . In fact, the highest since march 11. We are seeing highs for hong kong and japan futures going into the start of trading in asia. Lets get more on china. Xi jinping is promising to make any Coronavirus Vaccine universally available once it is developed. This as he reiterated beijings support for the World Health Organization. The pledge is part of efforts to defuse criticism of
Money yes concerts are cancelled and Live Performances stay down. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the southern german state of bavaria has canceled the october fast beer festival because of the corona virus the event attracts more than 6000000. 00 visitors every year and authorities fear it allowing it to go ahead would lead to a spike in infections as we report the move is likely to take both a financial and emotional toll. No crowded party tents giant mugs of beer or packed out parades. Germanys biggest festival has been cancelled for the 1st time since world war 2. Large events are currently banned in germany until the end of august october 1st was supposed to start on september 19th but Officials Say the risk of infection during the coronavirus pandemic is just too high. 2 it is painful for us it is a great pity but as with many things this is not a normal year and this is certainly going to be a year without the festival. About 6000000. 00 visitors flock to the o
Crudeng with oil, wti ps more than 100 to 1. 5 a barrel. Negative for the first time, june delivery contract, 21 a barrel. President trump says he will suspend immigration to the u. S. Over virus concerns as some states look to end the lockdown, plus u. S. Officials learned kim jongun was in Critical Condition following Cardiovascular Surgery last week. Washington is seeking clarity on the north Korean Leaders health. Just under an hour where from the start of cash equities trade. Lets look at futures after markets went negative with the plunging oil prices. You can see european futures now, down about 1. 5 to 2 . U. S. Futures, the cash trade close lower in new york yesterday so u. S. Futures are down a little less than european futures, but we are still seeing dow futures down two thirds of 1 . European equity markets on the oil price, some geopolitical news out of the korean peninsula, as well and perhaps a little focus on the data coming through. U. K. Data on joblessness coming th
Weight steve, i can read your lips. Its one of those things. Okay, we have to make up a forecast. Okay. We will talk more about that. You know about what is happening in traffic right now. I do, as a matter of fact traffic is doing very well and weve had mostly fair conditions and traffic continues to look good and carpooling is not something you can do with social distancing so all the lanes are open and all the toll plazas dont have anyone taking money although you will be charged in the mail. That have been no major issues on bridges and highways so far. Already looking to be another rough day there for stocks after the three major indexes fell yesterday between one and 2 1 2 the dow dropping nearly 600 points and the s p 500 and the nasdaq dropping 89. Right now it looks like another 500 point drop are so for the dow. The big drop was partially part of the bottom of the crude oil prices, oil prices have we can because of oversupply and a collapse in Global Demand due to the decline